Magic x Marvel Secret Lair Reveal – Top 5 Equipment I want to throw at my friends as Captain America

Wizards of the Coast has finally revealed at New York Comic Con today the first issue in the much-anticipated multi-year collaboration arc between Magic: The Gathering and Marvel, featuring the upcoming Marvel Secret Lair Superdrop. This Superdrop will allow players…

Interview with Rebecca Ford – Warframe Creative Director – on 90s nostalgia and more in Warframe 1999

As a child of the late 1980s and having grown up in the 1990s, seeing games dig into the rich and weird culture of 90s imagery is wild to me. When Digital Extremes first pulled back the curtain of their…

Star Trek: Star Realms – A Logical Crossover

In the realm of the deck-building genre of board games, few offerings make it as easy to try out this popular style of game as Star Realms from Wise Wizard Games. For me, Star Realms—particularly the small-box version—has earned itself…

Kickstarter Preview – Voidpilot’s Legacy

*Note: I was sent a prototype version of this game to play, and as such, the components and rules may change before the final release. As a long-time video game player, I have never entirely understood or grasped the allure…

PAX West 2024 – Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven looks to be the best jumping in point to the series

Back at the very start of the year, one of my goals was to dip my toe into Square’s long-running SaGa franchise finally, and to thank my vigor in completing this goal, Square has graced me with not only one…

Millennium Blades – A competitive board game about a competitive card game

As a child of the 90s, I have grown up with and experienced my fair share of trading card games, starting with the granddaddy of them all, Magic: The Gathering, starting in around 1994. I was there when the Pokemon…

For the Queen – Ye Olde Improv

Doty, take this down – Initially released in 2019, this new edition of For the Queen, designed by Alex Roberts, has found its home at Critical Role’s tabletop publishing house, the Darrington Press. For the Queen sells itself as a…

PAX EAST 2024 Stand Outs

So…this should have been out a good bit ago. That was the goal, actually, but a steady rotation of illnesses through the family and wrestling with an 8-month-old who just wanted to move and explore the house got in the…

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Review

Even though it was nearly four years ago now, watching the heroes take their first steps out into the bright new world Final Fantasy VII Remake created, I vividly recall the feelings of bewilderment, excitement, and wonder of what was…

Godsforge Boardgame Review

Thank you to Atlas Games for providing Scott with a copy of Godsforge and the expansions that were used for this review. The Godsforge – the final source of the precious Etherium resource – is dwindling and under a constant…

Deceit 2 Preview – Be careful who to trust

Whether it is in a digital video game format or played on a tabletop, I love hidden role/social deduction games. So when I had a chance to try out the upcoming Deceit 2 with members of the development team at…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Review

After getting to try it a few short months ago at PAX, I could tell right away that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge was something special. Little did I know then just how special this game would turn out…